Sheffield High School - Sentinel Pines Yearbook (Sheffield, MA)

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CLASS NIGHT PROGRAM Address of Welcome .......... Lord ' s Prayer J. Mecotte ...... Class History . .00.... Whispering Hope Alice Hawt horne . . . Class Will Stouthearted Men S, Romberg ..... Class Prophecy ............. Apologies To Farmer Brown-Novelty Tune Farewell Poem Tom Bartlett ....... Country Gardens ............ Class Gifts Song of Farewell ........... Senior Celebrities ........... Alma Mater- (audience standing) . . . . . John Bachetti Glee Club Tom Bartlett, Jack Rosier Glee Club .Mary Zucco, Rose Zamperini Senior Boys , Ilamay Petersen, Anna Pezze Band .Tom Bartlett .Girls ' Glee Club Joyce Funk, Jenny Johnson .Senior Class .John Bachetti .Everyone ADDRESS OF WELCOME As I sat down to write this welcoming address I wondered if it wouldn ' t be better to deviate from the usual pattern of speech- making which starts out: Dear Friends, Parents, School Committee — I don ' t have to stress the fact that you are all welcome to- night. To over stress anything makes it sound as though it came out of a book. You all know we welcome you to our class night ex- ercises very warmly. We want you to feel that you are a respons- ible part of this program and will exercise that responsibility by frequently applauding and giving the necessary responses demanded of an audience such as you. I hope that we, as a class, and as individuals, have made an everlasting impression on you and S. H. S. May the remainder of the evening reflect whole-heartedly a class night program prepared for your full enjoyment. 17 ±M

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VALEDICTORY ADDRESS Parents, members of the faculty, ladies and gentlemen: Tonight, we, the class of 1951, will say farewell to Sheffield High School and go out into the world on our own. No longer will we have our teachers and parents to guide us. From now on we shall make our own decisions. We shall have to decide for ourselves what kind of work we will do and how we will do it. Will we pitch in and work energetically or will we take life easy? Today, in America, there seems to be too many people who take life easy. They try to spend as little time as possible on their jobs. Some don ' t bother to have a job at all. These are the people who stay at home and live on the unemployment insurance provided for them by the others who work for a living. We see men today during time of crisis who go out on strike for better wages and shorter working hours. Many farmers are being reimbursed by the govern- ment if they don ' t earn enough from their main crops. Maybe these people feel they have a right for this extra income, but they are actually losing out. You can ' t get something for nothing, and this includes this business of getting wages for no work. If this keeps up, our country will shortly be bankrupt and the government overrun by Socialists and Communists. We should also learn from history that when the people of a country think more about amusing themselves than working, the nation will become very weak and easily conquered by its enemies. An outstanding example of this was the Roman Empire. In the early days of the Empire the people were energetic and willing to work and Rome became the center of the civilized world. However after she had attained this position, the people grew lazy and thought only of amusing themselves. Soon her government became corrupt and was run by dictators. Finally Rome fell before the weaker German tribes from the North. We should keep in mind that today we Americans are the envy of the rest of the world. We have the most freedom and are the best off economically of any nation on Earth. It should be remembered, however that our forefathers had to fight, toil, and labor unceasingly before they raised our country to its present glory. As we leave here tonight let me again remind you that what we do from now on will by by our own decisions. Let us decide that whatever we do, whether we are in the Armed Forces or stay at home, we will work to keep America what it is today. We will pitch into our jobs wholeheartedly. We will take part in our government and express our opinions and beliefs on how to improve it. We will pay our taxes cheerfully even though it means going without some of the things we would like to have. If we can do these things, we will be able to keep America a fortress for freedom and liberty which no enemy can crush. 16 ait jfl

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The Class History of the Class of ' 51 In September of 1947, twenty-five rookies were commissioned to a four year conquest of Operation Education. After eight years of basic train- ing at various Grammar Air Bases the complement of our Company consisted of the following boys, who held such positions as pilots, co-pilots, navi- gators, radio and radar men, flight engineers, combat men: Privates First Class John Whalen, Austin Somes, Barker Buckingham, Ransler Bartholomew, Eugene Kirchner, John Bachetti, Robert Smith, Robert Curtiss, William Banks, Donald Crandall, These men were competently assisted by an additional fifteen which made up the remaining complement of our group. They were PFC ' S: Helen Pixley, Claire Pezzatti, Caroline Golden, i.udrey Agar, Minnie Johnson, Ilamay Petersen, Rose Zamperini, Jenny Johnson, Anna Pezze , Charlotte Eichstedt, Mary Zucco, Joan Samuels, Rosemary Crandall, Phyllis Maynard, Jacqueline Buscher and Betty Cartinelli. Our training officers were Commander William Hartley and Captains: Mary Larkin. Mrs. Hazel Leaf green, Mrs. Gladys Roraback, Mr. Theodore Williams, and Mr. Bruce Martin, who was later capably replaced by Captain John McCann, Our instructions for our first combat were to overtake Freshman Island, previously occupied by the class of 1950. Soon after the first maneuvers had commenced several members of our group left, namely: Phyllis Maynard, William Banks, Joan Samuels, Rosemary and Donald Crandall, and Jacqueline Buscher. After 10 months of battling various hardships such as dances, magazine campaigns, contests and the usual winter hazards faced on all battlefields, our aims were accomplished. It was here, at the completion of our first year, that we felt deeply the loss of Betty Cartinelli. At this time, our Commanding officer, Howard Hennigar, replaced Commander William Hartley, and then allowed the group a two and a half month furlough. Captain Miss Rita Hannigan and Captain Richard Mather were to replace Captains Larkin and McCann during the next campaign also. After our passes had expired, we again boarded our plane called. The Class of 1951 , and took off for Sophomore Isle, phase No. 2 of Operation Education, in the center of Scholastic Ocean. Here we picked up a transfer from another company by the name of Tom Bartlett. who proved his abilities in several emergencies - Our growing experience won us this battle easily Casualties were few, but two in our command, Helen Pixley and Eugene Kirchner were transferred to other fronts . Soon after another short furlough, the result of battle fatigue, we once again clambered aboard our faithful plane with a few new training officers, namely: Captain Nicholas Morace who replaced Captain Leaf green . and Captain Lawrence Healey, who took over the positon left vacated by Captain Mather. We headed for Junior Naval Airbase. and there fought our hardest battle It was in this battle that we lost Sergeants Caroline Golien, Minnie Johnson and Charlotte Eichstedt, who were shipped home to domestic fronts However, we picked up another able man, Sergeant Jack Rosier, fresh from the outside world and full of experience in civilian life. 18